Canada
Ravyn Wngz (Lead Choreographer/visionary/producer/Script Director), The Black Widow of Burlesque, is an Afro-Indigenous, 2Spirit, Queer and Transcendent multidisciplinary art maker, curator and empowerment storyteller. Her work is rooted in abolition and expressed through movement theatre, political education, cultural research, DEI consultancy, and many forms of disability justice. She is a Canadian Best Selling Author (Until We Are Free), received the Stratford Festival mid-career artist award in 2021, was named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada in 2021, and was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2021 with Black Lives Matter. Ravyn has lectured widely on topics such as abolition, art & activism, accessibility, LGBT inclusion, leadership, policy, and land-based informed policies at Deloitte Canada, University of Virginia Dept of Anthropology, UCLA School of Architecture and Urban design, McMaster University, University of Toronto School of Law Faculty, Faculty at the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic School Board, and Canada’s National Ballet School.
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